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Power from within: Ghanaian CU dance teacher uses art as a...
A few days before her African dance class presentation, University of Colorado Boulder student Jessie DePasquale’s dance partner said she wouldn’t be there. Her teacher, Nii Armah Sowah, had put DePasquale in a group with only one other person, while other groups had...
How to start
"Good morning, friends,” artist Kimmerjae Macarus says into her iPhone camera. “I’ve been feeling like my sculpture needs to move into something different, so...
Hollywood’s highest-paid actress says good-bye to her ‘Shrek’ character
Cameron Diaz, perpetual motion machine. The "Shrek...
After tragedy, Alice in Chains celebrates a new chapter
Seattle rockers Alice in Chains looked like a wrap after the 2002 death of lead singer Layne Staley, ending a storied career that included hit singles, multimillion-selling albums and a Grammy Award...
The power of discussion
The “road trip” might be the ultimate American movie trope — the vast expanse of the continental United States providing a vivid backdrop while the confines of a vehicle pressure-cook characters in the comedy and drama they need to discover the intricacies of ...
Arise 2016
Strolling down the main vendor concourse on Saturday, the middle day, of ARISE last year, we happened upon a guy who, like us, was...
Hometown pachyderms
Right up there with Leftover Salmon and Big Head Todd, Elephant Revival is one of those handful of Boulder bands iconic to the city, but also widely known beyond the People’s Republic. But that status also comes with the price of not being able to play its hometown ...
Ally is a verb
Rendered in prismatic colors, their skin defies race.
More than a dozen visages stare back at patrons of The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse at Norlin Commons...
A journey across French cinema
When François Truffaut
penned his revolutionary essay, “A Certain Tendency in French Cinema,” the
up-and-coming critic laid waste to what he saw as a national tradition...
Layers of paper, paint and memory
A tall, white canvas leans against the wall in Clara Nulty’s painting studio.It looks nearly blank, but there’s a pattern of dots, not unlike...
Stopping the clock
We asked Steve Morse — indisputably one of the planet’s most accomplished guitarists — if there were still parts of his own technique that...
The language of self
The word tribe has many connotations: family, community, belonging, an entity you’re initiated or born into. But inclusion doesn’t guarantee the perfect fit...


















